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Smalltimes.com[Smalltimes.com] The Texas Energy Center, Columbia University and several Texas universities with nanotechnology initiatives are working with ERCOT and the state power industry to create a research and development test bed for the smart grid. Our plan is to create and provide a national test bed in Texas for software and hardware tools that will use simulations and learning to plan for modernization, prevention of cascading failures, and response and remediation in case of attacks from both natural and man-made events.

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Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Smart electric grid of the future is in development: Anderson and Albert Boulanger from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a member of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, along with colleagues from Rice University's Center for Nano Scale Science & Technology, the Texas Energy Center, and the Texas Superconductivity Center, have developed the framework for a "Smart Electric Grid," and plans are underway to test their system in Texas as well as the Northeast.

[Smarteconomy.typepad.com] Smart Economy: smart Nanotechnology: The Smart Economy Blog readers will remember that earlier this week,  on March 30, 2006 we reported that gold nanoparticles emit intense heat.

http://holophonor.blogspot.com [Holophonor.blogspot.com] RCM's Blog: Mike Treder over at the Responsible Nanotechnology blog has issued the .Put a king-sized bed in there, and some sheet iron over the top to keep the rain .

[Trendsimwatching.com] Trends I'm Watching: January 2006: is keeping 1,000 high-tech jobs in Texas by building its newest facility - to make wafers used in semiconductors - in a cost-saving, hyper-efficient green manner.

Makezine.comhttp://www.makezine.com [Makezine.com] MAKE: Blog: Gadgets Archives: Good NYT article on the changing face of the toy business - "Having failed to beat the electronics industry, the ailing toy business will join it in a big way in the year-end holiday shopping season, offering just about everything from cellphones for 6-year-olds (LeapFrog) to video projectors for 8-year-olds (Hasbro) in an effort to hold on to children who are casting aside Lego and GI Joe to play with their parents' gadgets." Link.

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